Re: table.el

From:

Richard Stallman

Subject:

Re: table.el

Date:

Tue, 27 Nov 2001 02:33:57 -0700 (MST)

Actually I think that's one reason why the emacs C code [for reading
buffer names] uses the `Prompt: (default foo) ' style, because it's
easier to simply append '(default foo)' to an existing prompt than it is
to parse the prompt and put the `(default foo)' in the "right place".
Yes, that was the reason. I remember it now.
I think format 2 looks nicer. But if we want to use that format
generally, we have to find a way to implement it in the functions that
add a default to a user-supplied prompt. This way needs to be clean,
reliable, and upward-compatible. We can't change all the calls
to those minibuffer functions.